INTERACTIVE MARCH
Ashikaga Yoshihisa’s Campaign against the Rokkaku
September 1487 · Magari Encampment
Shogun Ashikaga Yoshihisa marched into Ōmi against Rokkaku Takayori, beginning the Chōkyō–Entoku conflict.
Background
After the Ōnin and Bunmei Wars, shogunate authority had greatly declined amid the climate of gekokujō. Rokkaku Sadayori, the Ōmi shugo, was seizing public and temple lands under cover of the war's chaos, and Shogun Ashikaga Yoshinao used this as pretext for a punitive expedition.
Outcome
Yoshinao led various daimyo and magistrates to Ōmi, established his main base at Kagi (present-day Kamikagi, Kuritsu City, Shiga Prefecture), and remained there for an extended period. Rokkaku Sadayori continued to resist, and Yoshinao reportedly died during his encampment. The punitive expedition is said to have ended without completing its objective.
Course of the battle
1 September 1487
Ashikaga Yoshihisa’s Campaign against the Rokkaku
Shogun Ashikaga Yoshihisa marched into Ōmi against Rokkaku Takayori, beginning the Chōkyō–Entoku conflict.
Sources123·Certainty: Medium
Historical significance
This was an unusual attempt by the shogunate to recover its authority through a direct military campaign by the shogun himself, but the effort ended without achieving its objective, and the Chōkyō and Entoku Wars over Ōmi would continue thereafter.
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Key figures
足利氏
1
9th Shogun of the Muromachi Bakufu
Marched to Ōmi to suppress Rokkaku Takayori, the Ōmi Guardian who had seized lands from court nobles and temples. He established his main camp at Magari and remained for an extended period.
Sources4·Certainty: High
六角氏
1
Guardian of Ōmi Province
He became a target of suppression for seizing lands from court nobles and temples. He reportedly abandoned his main castle as bakufu forces approached. The specific course of the castle's fall has not been confirmed.
Sources4·Certainty: Medium
Sources consulted
- 栗東市「『鈎の陣』と室町時代の『陣』」
- 栗東市「鈎陣所跡」
- 滋賀県「足利将軍と近江」
- 栗東市博物館「栗東市指定文化財」一覧
The numbers in the text refer to the list above. Certainty indicates how far a statement is supported by the cited sources; it does not refer to the precision of the coordinates or the dating.
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